Far from a de-escalation, the standoff between Russia and the US over Ukraine feels more tense each day. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to the United Nations and presented the American case, saying Russia is laying the groundwork to justify starting a war.
Illinois Democratic state lawmakers voted Thursday to remove nine Republicans from the state House after they refused to comply with the chamber's mask mandate.
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday introduced a bill that aims to give an independent agency more time to investigate unsolved racially-motivated murders from the Civil Rights era.
President Joe Biden warned Thursday morning a Russian attack on Ukraine could begin in the coming days, casting a new incursion into the country as all but certain and warning Moscow could stage events in the lead-up to generate a pretext for war.
The House Oversight Committee is asking the General Services Administration to consider terminating the lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, before the former president's business can sell it, in light of allegations that the Trump Organization submitted false financial statements to the federal government.
The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week ahead of a looming Friday deadline when government funding has been set to expire.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump sent The New York Times an email. In it, he claimed that he was very rich -- pointing to a "June 30, 2014 Statement of Financial Condition" that said he was worth $5.8 billion in the year before he started running for president.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia was laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days, urging Moscow to change course at a tense United Nations Security Council meeting Thursday.
Special counsel John Durham, who has been investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe, ignited a firestorm in right-wing circles last weekend with a cryptic court filing.
Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, responsible for passing some of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern history, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce $1 billion in funding from his administration's signature bipartisan infrastructure law for cleanup and restoration of the Great Lakes in remarks from Lorain, Ohio.
The White House announced new temporary leadership at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, just one week after Biden's top science adviser, Dr. Eric Lander, resigned following an investigation into his office behavior.
The Education Department announced that it has canceled another $415 million in federal student loan debt owed by nearly 16,000 borrowers who were misled by for-profit colleges.
More than 50 million households have received their free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government. Roughly 10 million people, however, are still waiting to receive their tests.
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed a key Russia expert to a top Pentagon post, as tensions remain high over Russia's buildup of troops along Ukraine's borders.
Vice President Kamala Harris is on her way to Munich for her latest high-stakes foreign trip as she leads the US delegation to the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Missouri in an effort to prevent the state from enforcing a controversial law aimed at protecting gun rights.
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